Just to note that a new anthology History and Mystery Oh My! is out on the market for ebooks. Amazon has it listed for their Kindle .  ...

A large number of potential 2016 primary candidates were in Iowa today to suck up to the Far Right crowd, some of them more obvious than o...

While I didn't completely get what I wanted from Obama's address - although he DID push for an economic and tax agenda I can suppor...

This has been building up the past few weeks.   There were questions back when it happened , but since this last weekend the questions about...

I'll be working evening shift so I won't see any of it until I get home. So here's the list I hope to hear about later. 1) ...

And from today onward you don't have to hijack said plane to do so. While the travel rules aren't completely opened , you can meet...

"Listen, I didn't grow up wanting to be President of the Unites States," said George W. Jeb smiled wistfully.  "I did,...

Still in the process of typing up Jeb Bush's bio for a prediction of his Presidential Character, but while doing so I have to come to te...

( Update note : Hello to everyone visiting via Crooks And Liars !  Thank you for the link to Mike's Blog Round-Up, and I hope everyone i...

My personal blogging challenge for the year of 2015 is to cope with the pending headaches of 2016 by attempting to predict each potential p...

Posted with comment : A sure sign that former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is planning to do more than just “explore” a run for the White Ho...

It wasn't the best of times, although there were good moments to enjoy. 2014 was more CRAZY than anything, and tragic with the scale ...

This is, as noted before , the 100-year anniversary of the first year of World War I. History is made of competing forces.  Between the Gr...

I'd written about Cuba before (back in 2008), noting how the 50-plus years of sanctions and embargoes had proven to be a colossal waste...

'Tis the season to bring back the pagan rituals of our Roman ancestors!  'Tis the moment to slap Bill O'Reilly and the moran...

I haven't done a Roman-style orgy in ages : Although knowing my luck I'll probably be the one asked to oversee the vomitorium ro...

And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said:  "For hate is strong,  And mocks the song Of peace ...